The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-31
Farm and Stock Notes.

In farming, as in other things, nothing
risked means nothing won; but the risks
should be taken with both courage and
Judgment.
Affection cannot be pounded into animals
Kind treatment insures the affection of an
animal, while rough treatment is sure to
cause its hatred.
Fifteen years ago Chicago merchants OBJ
tanned their supplies of cheese from the
East now 100000 pounds annually pass
through that city from the West for New
York
More sheep means more grain to the acre,
better pastures and a larger pocketbook
Wool must be had and the demand for good
mutton is on the increase. AS rule there
is nothing ON the farm which pays better
than a good flock of sheep.
Sheep not in the best condition for breed
ing should be got rid of without delay
Distemper, foot rot and other difficulties in
flock cause too much labor. Only the
healthy ewes should be retained All Others
unless nearly well should be destroyed.
A cross COW in herd keeps the others
always in perpetual fear, and in that man
ner lessons the milk from the others in
quantity more than may be sufficient to
balance that given by the cross one. A
cross or domineering cow should be got
rid of
1t is quite expensive to put an acre of
ground in onions owing to the high price of
seed, while the labor of raising an acre of
them is also arduous and costly; but should
an acre of onions be secured, and the crop
good it will pay well, as some growers
have obtained as many as GOO bushels per
acre.
A covering of fine, well-rotted manure
placed over the strawberry rows will serve
as mulch and protect the young plants,
In the spring the soluble matter will be APP
propriated by the growing plants as soon as
the season shall begin to open, thus causing
them to push forward rapidly. Spring work
of manuring them will also be saved.
A good COW should yield 500 pounds of
butter year, allowing for the time she is
dried off This yield is seldom secured from
each animal in a dairy herd, but it is not
impossible, as such yield has been greatly
exceeded. By using the butter-producing
breeds and feeding for the highest possible
production the profits from herd may be
doubled.
Only ruminant animals are liable to choke
with roots, as al others are obliged to chew
before swallowing their food. Turnips for
sheep are not cut at all in England, the
common practice being to turn the sheep in
the field and allow them to harvest it.
They will gnaw out the interior of a large
turnip, leaving only the pungent outside
shell.
There is point to be observed in fitting
barn for the reception of horses, and that
is the size of the stalls. The narrow di-
mansions of the stalls are positive cruelty
to the horse. Many stalls are built too mar
row to enable the horse to extend his limbs
up under him; his legs are thus kept in a
cramped position, when he ought to be COM
pletely at rest.
Pines and their companions, the birches,
indicate dry, rocky, sandy or gravelly
soil; beeches, a drysh, chalky or gravelly
soil elms and lines, a rich and somewhat
damp soil; oaks and ashes, heavy clayey
soil, and poplals and willows low, damp
or marshy soil Many of these trees are
found growing together, and it is only when
one species predominates in number and
vigor that it is truly characteristic of the
soil and that portion of the atmosphere in
connection with it.
Bookkeeping can be followed in all parts of
this land of ours-North, South, East and
West. In nearly all localities bees will do
we'll There is scarcely any locality III which
they will not pay their way. In the country
and in the village there is little probability
of overstockIng for years to come. In case
a locality becoms oveistocked, some bee
keepers must remove to unOccupied terri
tory Even in cities few hives can be
probably kept, as is shown by the good
success of Mr.. Muth, of Ohio, who keeps
quite an apiarY on the roof of his store.